The
National Poetry Contest had come down to two semifinalists: a Yale graduate and
a redneck from Wyoming. They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to
study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word they
were given was "Timbuktu".
First
to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said:
Slowly
across the desert sand Trekked a lonely caravan. Men on camels, two by two
Destination---Timbuktu. The crowd went crazy! No way could the redneck top
that, they thought. The redneck calmly made his way to the microphone and
recited:
Me and
Tim a-huntin went, Met three whores in a pop up tent. They was three, and we
was two, So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.
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